Mark Zuckerberg, the co-founder of Facebook is one of the worlds youngest billionaires. It all started when he was 12 years old. He created a program for his fathers dental practice, he also created online games for himself and his friends. As Zuckerberg’s interest in computers continued to increase, his parents hired a private computer tutor. Zuckerberg often outperformed the computer tutor. Zuckerberg decided to take his programming to the next level and developed the early version of Pandora. As young Zuckerberg was developing this, he had many job offers from Microsoft and AOL, but denied all of them. Zuckerberg started working on the social media website, Facebook, in his college dorm room at Harvard. Two years onto college, Zuckerberg dropped out to focus on completing Facebook.
Mark Zuckerberg is a very successful young entrepreneur and has very many entrepreneurial traits. One trait that is clearly visible in Zuckerberg’s upcoming is his ability and desire to take risks. One instance that shows this is that Zuckerberg dropped out of college to pursue what he was trying to accomplish. Risk Taking is easily one of the biggest traits that create a successful entrepreneur. Zuckerberg is also determined, he was very determined to persevere with his company and wouldn’t let anything stop him. This is also shown when Zuckerberg dropped out of college, not even himself furthering his education got in the way of his dream. Zuckerberg wanted to do things the way he wanted it and wasn’t afraid to tell other people no, he denied many contracts and didn’t want any help besides the men he was already working with. Zuckerberg is very inspiring and shows what is taken to follow dreams from a young age and still shows what it takes to run a successful company.
Mark Zuckerberg is a one in a lifetime innovator. It amazes me that at such a young age he was able to demonstrate incredible computer skills that even outdid his own tutor. He took quite the risk in not only rejecting great jobs with companies such as Microsoft, but also dropping out of college after two years to create what is now the largest social media site in Facebook, who logs in over 1 billion users monthly.
Mark Zuckerberg is an entrepreneur that we all can learn from. He knew that with high risk comes high reward and that led to a service that connects the whole world in one platform. Failing is bound to happen at some point, but you never know what might come from taking a leap of faith. Facebook is obviously extremely popular and has changed the way the world communicates and it wouldn’t be a part of today’s culture if Zuckerberg had not taken that step of faith. Great post, thoughtful and well written!